Book Riot - The Podcast

Vanessa Diaz is back to walk Jeff and Rebecca through the turbulent, wild, and saucy times of one George Gordon, Lord Byron. They don't make them like this anymore.

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about a transitional moment in book sales, National Book Critics Circle Winners, National Black Bookstore Day, recent reading, and much more.

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Discussed in this episode:

NBCC winners

April 7 is the first National Black Bookstore Day

PRH profits dropped 4.7% in 2025

Print sales fell 3.1% in first quarter of 2026

First Pynchon, now it turns out we’ve been saying Thoreau wrong

Harlequin to co-produce AI-generated microdramas

A24 picks up London Falling for adaptation

The Corrections series starring Meryl Streep lands at Netflix

Peacock picks up Dungeon Crawler Carl

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Jeff and Rebecca really get themselves tied up trying to pick the It Book of April.

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Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is joined by Associate Editor Erica Ezeifedi to discuss the Lambda Literary Award finalists, the latest A.I. publishing freakout, messy internet discourse, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Don DeLillo’s hockey romance Amazons will return to stores

Lambda Literary finalists

Librarian Luanne James Fights Censorship Demands of Rutherford County Library System’s Board

Lindy West’s How-Not-To Guide to Polyamory

ICYMI Podcast: Why the Internet Is Arguing About Its Favorite Feminist

Bridgerton Season 5 announcement trailer dropped

AI is Writing Fiction. Publishers are Unprepared

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Vanessa Diaz joins Rebecca for a conversation about the new adaptation of Project Hail Mary. They talk about what the filmmakers kept from the book and what they cut, how the science translated from page to screen, and the magic of an interstellar, interspecies bromance.

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